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UNITED STATES `PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN WASHINGTON BOYD, OF NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE.

LoeclNG-RAILWAY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 715,963, dai-,ed December 16, 1902. Application filed September 23, A1902. Serial No. 124.495. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN WASHINGTON BOYD,a citizen of the United States,residing at Nashville,in the county of Davidson and State of Tennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Logging-Railways; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to logging-railways, and more particularly to that class of railways designed for supporting a log while being removed from points to points inaccessible to log-teams.

The object of the invention is to provide a logging-railway which shall be simple and powerful of construction,durable in use, and comparatively inexpensive of erection.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in certain features of construction and combination of parts, which will be hereinafter fully` set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a section of the railway. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional View through one of the inverted-V posts or struts, parts being shown on an enlarged scale.

Referring to the drawings, 1 denotes the posts, each of which is in the form of the inverted letter V to form a strut. The in- ,ner side of each sectional post is recessed to form facing abutting shoulders 2 and 3 for a purpose hereinafter to be described, and the other side of the same post is provided with recesses 4 and `5, also for a purpose hereinafter to be described.

6 denotes a track-hanger, which consists'of a bracket-arm 7, the ends of which have up- Ward extensions 8 and 9, the former of which abuts against the shoulder 2 and is secured to the sectional post by a bolt-nut 1 0, while the other extension 9 has a groove l1, which 5o tension 15, that supports the track 12, which is in the form of a cable.

Constituting a part of the hanger is a brace 13, the upper end of which is provided with an extension 14 and the lower end of which is provided with an oppositely-projecting exis supported by the shoulder 3. l

Abolt 16 extends through the sectional post and the lower end of the brace, and has a washer 17, seated on the base of the recess 5, and is also provided with a nut 18 for clamping the'parts together.

19 denotes a vertically-disposed bolt that extends through the projection 14 `and bracket-arm and through one sectional post and provided with a washer 20, which seats on the shoulder 21, formed on the outer side of the post and is provided with a nut 22. It will thus be seen that the track-hanger is supported in a simple, strong, and durable manner, thus resulting in a powerful support for the track-cable and its load.

23 denotes a carriage, which comprises a truck 24, provided with hangers 25 and connected together by a cross-bar 26.y Chains 27 are adapted to be connected to the lower end of `the hanger-arms of the carriage and to the log to be transported.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the invention will be readily understood without requiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor detailsof construction may be resorted to Without'departing from the prinf ciple or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a logging-railway, the combination with a post, a bracket-arm secured thereto, a track supported by the free end ofthe bracketarm, a brace having one end connected to the post, and having its opposite end bent outwardly and underlying the bracket-arm, and a vertically-disposed bolt connected to the post, and extending through and connecting the bracket-arm and the underlying end of the brace, substantially as set forth.

2. In a logging-railway, the combination with two laterally and downwardly diverging posts, arranged to form a strut, the inner face of one of said posts being provided with facing stop-shoulders, a bracket-arm having upturned ends, one of which engages one of the stop-shoulders, and the other of which is IOO adapted to support a. track, a diagonal brace havingT oppositely-bent ends, the upper one of which lies under the bracket-arm, and the lower one of which abuts against the lower shoulder of the post, means for connecting the Outer ends ofthe bracket-arm to the post, means for connecting the lower end of the brace to the post, a bolt extending through the post, the bracket-arm and the upper bent end of the brace, and a track supported by 1o the bracket-arm, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing Wit- UGSSBS.

JOHN WASHINGTON BOYD. Witnesses:

A. S. GARDNER, T. CARPENTER. 

